MPs will vote again on Brexit next month – despite no deal between Tories and Labour May 14, 2019 Theresa May will attempt to force her Brexit deal through parliament for the fourth time of asking next month – despite not yet reaching an agreement with Labour. Downing Street has revealed May will put forward the legislation needed for the UK to leave the EU in the week commencing 3 June. The announcement came after May met [...]
Theresa May says it’s ‘imperative’ Brexit takes place by summer as she unveils compromises May 14, 2019 Theresa May has set out the Brexit compromises she will make to Labour amid a warning that signing up to customs union with the EU will split her party. Read more: Brexit: Still no progress in discussions between the Tories and Labour In a marathon meeting of the cabinet in Downing Street, the Prime Minister and her de [...]
No change to Theresa May’s plan to stay as Prime Minister until Brexit deal passed, Downing Street confirms May 8, 2019 Theresa May will not quit as Prime Minister until the Brexit deal is passed by MPs, Downing Street confirmed today amid growing pressure for her to step down. The Prime Minister told her MPs in March she would resign as party leader once phase one of the Brexit negotiations are completed, leaving her successor to thrash [...]
Brexit impasse sends UK business confidence plummeting, new surveys show April 15, 2019 The political crisis surrounding Brexit has sapped confidence from some of the UK's biggest and smallest companies alike, as crunch talks between Labour and the Conservatives reach a “delicate stage” this week. Read more: MPs could be forced to choose a Brexit option if talks with Labour fail More than eight in 10 finance chiefs [...]
Brexiter fury as Theresa May seeks deal with Labour on EU withdrawal April 2, 2019 Theresa May has ignited a furious war with her own party as she announced a plan to work with Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn to deliver a soft Brexit. Conservative MPs claimed she had “handed control to a man who is not fit to run a whelk stall" as she called for talks with Corbyn to strike [...]
Campaign to oust Theresa May being coordinated from Iain Duncan Smith’s office December 12, 2018 The campaign to oust Theresa May is being coordinated from the office of former leader Iain Duncan Smith, it can be revealed by City A.M. A group of Brexiters determined to end May’s leadership gathered in the plush office in Parliament on Wednesday afternoon to discuss tactics ahead of the no confidence vote set to [...]
May needs the stars to align if her Brexit deal is to pass the Commons November 26, 2018 Fourteen days from now, Parliament will vote on the government's Brexit deal. The vote will be preceded by four days of formal debate but by the time MPs pass through the division lobbies of the House of Commons, they will have been arguing over this issue for two and a half years. Many have argued [...]
Theresa May’s Brexit trading plan fails to win over key Tories November 22, 2018 Theresa May's hopes of winning over rebel Tories were dashed on Thursday as a string of MPs spoke out against the latest part of her Brexit plan. A 26-page declaration on the UK and EU’s future trading arrangement was released following late Wednesday night talks between negotiators in Brussels, committing both sides to an “ambitious, [...]
Max fac is back to help solve Irish backstop worries, Downing Street reveals November 20, 2018 Theresa May is reviving plans to use technology to prevent a hard border with Ireland in a bid to win support for her under-fire Brexit deal. The so-called maximum facilitation proposal – dubbed ‘max fac’ – was one of the customs arrangements considered by the Government last year before being dismissed. It has support among [...]
Brexit: Theresa May warned she will lose support of her party over draft deal November 14, 2018 Theresa May was today warned she will lose the support of Conservative MPs if a draft Brexit agreement could see the UK being kept in a customs union with the EU. Veteran Brexit supporter Peter Bone issued the stark warning to the Prime Minister less than two hours before a meeting of the cabinet to [...]